Buckley Cabinet Electric Fan Circa 1929

A few years ago, I saw in an AFCA newsletter images taken of one of these fans which is owned by Tom Frampton and was restored by Kim Franks. I was immediately intrigued and thought it was nicely restored but after seeing it in person realized it is far more impressive in person. And not only is it beautiful, it is rather complex and elaborately designed mechanically as is apparent when looking at the five pages of patent drawings. From what I understand, only three are known to have surfaced and mine as well as one of the others both were found in Kansas City, the location of the inventor. I am sure the time of the 1929 crash of Wall St. did not help with sales. Interestingly, the fan inside mine is a Westinghouse DC 8 fan and if you look at the drawings and the case/bracket itself, it appears it was made specifically to fit the gear box on that fan.

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